Bug 79003 – rc.sysinit never runs isapnp as ! -f /proc/isapnp is false

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Bug 79003 - rc.sysinit never runs isapnp as ! -f /proc/isapnp is false

Summary:	rc.sysinit never runs isapnp as ! -f /proc/isapnp is false

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	initscripts (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2002-12-04 10:34 EST by James T Evans
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:32 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2002-12-04 10:34:44 EST
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Description James T Evans 2002-12-04 10:34:35 EST

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Description of problem:
I rely on isapnp to configure an ISA ISDN card. rc.sysinit contains the check 

"if [ -x /sbin/isapnp -a -f /etc/isapnp.conf -a ! -f /proc/isapnp ] then" ..... 
run isapnp if $PNP = yes. 

/proc/isapnp always seems to be there at the time this runs, so my isdn hardware
was never configured and the later "isdn start" would fail to find the card.

I removed the last term, checking for ! /proc/isapnp and the problem is resolved
though I am unclear as to the implications of this or why this has caused no-one
else a problem! maybe /proc/isapnp is not normally created at this time.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.err start the system??
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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-12-04 12:29:12 EST

Running the userland isapnp tools while the kernel mode ISAPnP support
(/proc/isapnp) is active can be dangerous in some cases; that's why the check is
there.

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